A serious crash on Watty Vos Boulevard on Tuesday, October 27 closed a section of the road and caused major traffic delays, according to reporting published October 27. The two sources that covered the crash describe different aspects of it, set out separately below.
NoticiaCla: barrier destroyed, road closed
NoticiaCla reported that the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a concrete roadside barrier, severely damaging it and leaving a section dangerously suspended over the roadway. The impact also damaged a nearby jogging path.
According to NoticiaCla, the vehicle continued across the road, scattering pieces of its bumper, before crashing into another concrete barrier on the opposite side. Authorities completely closed the affected section of the boulevard, causing significant traffic delays, and urgent repairs to the damaged concrete structure were necessary before the road could safely reopen. NoticiaCla also reported that the driver was injured, although the severity of the injuries was unknown.
AWE24: adult and small child taken to hospital
In its own account, AWE24 reported that police and an ambulance were dispatched on Tuesday afternoon to an accident with injured persons on E.J. ‘Watty’ Vos Boulevard, between the Ponton and Bushiri roundabouts. Per AWE24, one person and a small child were injured; the ambulance attended the victims and transported them to hospital. AWE24 gave no vehicle details or cause.
Sources: AWE24 | NoticiaCla
